Head Light Convertion
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Head Light Convertion
I read a magazine where a guy put mercedes head light ion his civic. I was wondering if there were any some what but not limited to easy convertion. it would be for a 1992 - 1995 civic.
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Re: Head Light Convertion (tei344)
Keep in mind there are a bunch of aftermarket headlights for civics that may suit your tastes. I remember about 6 years ago, when aftermarket headlights were just coming around, they put out poor light compared to OEM's.
To answer you original Q, 97+ eclipse headlights looked nice on an Integra I saw in a magazine.
To answer you original Q, 97+ eclipse headlights looked nice on an Integra I saw in a magazine.
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Re: Head Light Convertion (tei344)
I reccomend you spend that money on an HID kit or aftermarket unit. There are many good looking stock fitment headlights out there. TYC has some good 1 piece sets. Check em out.
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1586148
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1948720
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=666112
For a civic, s14s look good. Some might call rice but hey its your taste, if it makes you happy then im cool with it. I dont judge like that. I think it can look good if done right.
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1586148
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1948720
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=666112
For a civic, s14s look good. Some might call rice but hey its your taste, if it makes you happy then im cool with it. I dont judge like that. I think it can look good if done right.
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If you put mercedes anything on ur civic I hope you crash it 
or it gets jacked x2 
EDIT:
Wrong forum, too, and no, the S14 headlights don't look horrible on it.
or it gets jacked x2 EDIT:
Wrong forum, too, and no, the S14 headlights don't look horrible on it.
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Re: Head Light Convertion (Sa.L.aS)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Sa.L.aS »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I think he's talking about a HID retrofit.......</TD></TR></TABLE>
thats what i had in mind.
thats what i had in mind.
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Re: Head Light Convertion (98itRspec)
http://www.hidplanet.com/forums/, great forum when it comes to retrofitting lights and doing led mods.
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Re: Head Light Convertion (tei344)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by tei344 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I read a magazine where a guy put mercedes head light ion his civic. I was wondering if there were any some what but not limited to easy convertion. it would be for a 1992 - 1995 civic.
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Serious??
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Serious??
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yeah im pretty sure hes talking about retrofits, there was a k20 eg hatch featured in modified that had E55 AMG HID's in it..........if hes talking about the atcual light cluster....than thats a not-so-good idea IMO.
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damn, this is clean but yeah i think he is talkin about HIDs
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by nathanong87 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i don't have what your asking for perse, but i saw this in person and i thought it was clean as ****
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by nathanong87 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i don't have what your asking for perse, but i saw this in person and i thought it was clean as ****
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99-00 front end on an EG doesn't look too bad if it is done right
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Save your money
Go to college
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Save your money
Go to college
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Re: (Ep1dem1c)
im amazed this guy hasnt been completely flamed by every1 
(minus the one or two that have )
if you think it looks good do it, as for recomendations i dont have any.
(minus the one or two that have ) if you think it looks good do it, as for recomendations i dont have any.
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Sa.L.aS »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I think he's talking about a HID retrofit.......</TD></TR></TABLE>
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Re: (RICKYritethere)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Syndacate »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">If you put mercedes anything on ur civic I hope you crash it or it gets jacked x2
EDIT:
Wrong forum, too, and no, the S14 headlights don't look horrible on it.</TD></TR></TABLE>
what a dick...Syndacate i hope that u crash ur car or it gets jacked
EDIT:
Wrong forum, too, and no, the S14 headlights don't look horrible on it.</TD></TR></TABLE>
what a dick...Syndacate i hope that u crash ur car or it gets jacked
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Thorgs(on HIDplanet) »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
TYC OEM replacement headlights
OEM housings (the black part that holds the headlights because the TYC ones sucked)
E55 Bi-xenon projectors
BMW shrounds
Matsushita ballasts
DS2 4300k bulbs
H4 Harness
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This is how one guy did his retrofit, most tend towards projector conversion units and then swap the projector for something better (s2000, TL, TSX, ect)
TYC OEM replacement headlights
OEM housings (the black part that holds the headlights because the TYC ones sucked)
E55 Bi-xenon projectors
BMW shrounds
Matsushita ballasts
DS2 4300k bulbs
H4 Harness
</TD></TR></TABLE>
This is how one guy did his retrofit, most tend towards projector conversion units and then swap the projector for something better (s2000, TL, TSX, ect)
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This is how one guy did his retrofit, most tend towards projector conversion units and then swap the projector for something better (s2000, TL, TSX, ect)</TD></TR></TABLE>
Not really. It depends on the housing. For example, the E55's seem to pretty much drop in to Mazda3 housings, but a lot of cheap crappy ebay projectors don't switch out for something.
Most people just bolt the projector itself to the halogen headlight reflector. It's stronger that way, and you retain factory adjustment.
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This is how one guy did his retrofit, most tend towards projector conversion units and then swap the projector for something better (s2000, TL, TSX, ect)</TD></TR></TABLE>
Not really. It depends on the housing. For example, the E55's seem to pretty much drop in to Mazda3 housings, but a lot of cheap crappy ebay projectors don't switch out for something.
Most people just bolt the projector itself to the halogen headlight reflector. It's stronger that way, and you retain factory adjustment.
hidplanet.com
customlightz.com
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Re: Head Light Convertion (CarbonizedDX)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by CarbonizedDX »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">http://www.hidplanet.com/forums/, great forum when it comes to retrofitting lights and doing led mods.</TD></TR></TABLE>
Please give this a look and read up on retrofitting in the University section.
Yes not everybody goes the route of using aftermarket projector conversion units, this was just an example of what people do. I've see retrofits using the oe lights, using aftermarket conversion lights and I saw a guy who did custom 90mm hella units (since they are mostly sealed units) with a simple plastic lens from a headlight to cover the lights from rocks and what not since the OE headlights were simply too small to have a projector mounted inside of them.
EDIT!!!
HERE is an article in HondaTuning that shows how to do a retrofit (into an EG), the article is scanned page by page so the words are almost unreadable but you can still see how the step by step process looks.
Please give this a look and read up on retrofitting in the University section.
Yes not everybody goes the route of using aftermarket projector conversion units, this was just an example of what people do. I've see retrofits using the oe lights, using aftermarket conversion lights and I saw a guy who did custom 90mm hella units (since they are mostly sealed units) with a simple plastic lens from a headlight to cover the lights from rocks and what not since the OE headlights were simply too small to have a projector mounted inside of them.
EDIT!!!
HERE is an article in HondaTuning that shows how to do a retrofit (into an EG), the article is scanned page by page so the words are almost unreadable but you can still see how the step by step process looks.
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